Kurtis
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #9,545 · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 613 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,138since 1934
Kurtis over time
Rank among boys' names. Kurtis has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,718 | 47 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,793 | 29 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,005 | 41 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,753 | 47 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,552 | 51 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,658 | 47 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,626 | 49 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,101 | 67 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,780 | 86 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,754 | 88 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,853 | 79 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,564 | 101 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,659 | 91 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,562 | 101 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,687 | 88 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,503 | 108 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,367 | 125 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,482 | 110 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,277 | 137 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,163 | 145 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,062 | 156 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,039 | 157 | |
| 2003 | — | #959 | 170 | |
| 2002 | — | #837 | 199 | |
| 2001 | — | #749 | 231 | |
| 2000 | — | #718 | 242 | |
| 1999 | — | #690 | 244 | |
| 1998 | — | #604 | 305 | |
| 1997 | — | #577 | 321 | |
| 1996 | — | #538 | 356 | |
| 1995 | — | #493 | 435 | |
| 1994 | — | #483 | 442 | |
| 1993 | — | #474 | 444 | |
| 1992 | — | #460 | 472 | |
| 1991 | — | #414 | 547 | |
| 1990 | — | #410 | 566 | |
| 1989 | — | #362 | 624 | |
| 1988 | — | #353 | 589 | |
| 1987 | — | #334 | 613 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #347 | 549 |
| 1985 | — | #368 | 501 | |
| 1984 | — | #384 | 451 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #410 | 393 |
| 1982 | — | #447 | 361 | |
| 1981 | — | #421 | 391 | |
| 1980 | — | #416 | 389 | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #432 | 343 |
| 1978 | — | #489 | 271 | |
| 1977 | — | #528 | 251 | |
| 1976 | — | #581 | 197 | |
| 1975 | — | #594 | 184 | |
| 1974 | — | #549 | 213 | |
| 1973 | — | #567 | 197 | |
| 1972 | — | #554 | 207 | |
| 1971 | — | #480 | 282 | |
| 1970 | — | #497 | 265 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #453 | 287 |
| 1968 | — | #487 | 245 | |
| 1967 | — | #489 | 234 | |
| 1966 | — | #487 | 246 | |
| 1965 | — | #475 | 269 | |
| 1964 | — | #460 | 298 | |
| 1963 | — | #476 | 279 | |
| 1962 | — | #528 | 228 | |
| 1961 | — | #519 | 234 | |
| 1960 | — | #556 | 202 | |
| 1959 | — | #561 | 192 | |
| 1958 | — | #595 | 169 | |
| 1957 | — | #585 | 172 | |
| 1956 | — | #604 | 159 | |
| 1955 | — | #696 | 111 | |
| 1954 | — | #706 | 106 | |
| 1953 | — | #707 | 101 | |
| 1952 | — | #805 | 76 | |
| 1951 | — | #847 | 68 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,022 | 47 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,072 | 43 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,217 | 35 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,599 | 22 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,461 | 23 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,682 | 18 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kurtis! It came in at #3,679, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1934–1936, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kurtis is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wisconsin#158 · 1 in 1,460
- Montana#161 · 1 in 1,097
- Iowa#183 · 1 in 1,757
- Oregon#191 · 1 in 1,509
- Washington#219 · 1 in 1,785
Best ever in a state: #121 in Vermont, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #158 | 22 | 1 in 1,460 |
| Montana | #161 | 5 | 1 in 1,097 |
| Iowa | #183 | 12 | 1 in 1,757 |
| Oregon | #191 | 12 | 1 in 1,509 |
| Washington | #219 | 15 | 1 in 1,785 |
| Nebraska | #233 | 5 | 1 in 2,320 |
| Minnesota | #254 | 9 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Missouri | #255 | 14 | 1 in 2,497 |
| Ohio | #290 | 22 | 1 in 3,503 |
| Indiana | #302 | 11 | 1 in 3,573 |
| Utah | #352 | 5 | 1 in 3,574 |
| Michigan | #371 | 13 | 1 in 4,942 |
| Colorado | #390 | 5 | 1 in 4,026 |
| Pennsylvania | #399 | 12 | 1 in 6,114 |
| Illinois | #428 | 16 | 1 in 4,962 |
| New York | #539 | 16 | 1 in 6,891 |
| New Jersey | #569 | 5 | 1 in 8,277 |
| Florida | #593 | 7 | 1 in 7,287 |
| California | #667 | 17 | 1 in 9,937 |
| Texas | #1,003 | 6 | 1 in 19,186 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kurtis
- 1,075 spots since 2024 (#3,793 → #2,718)
- 60 spots since 2020 (#2,658 → #2,718)
- 865 spots since 2015 (#1,853 → #2,718)
- Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1951 (#1,022 → #847)
- Biggest drop: 122 spots in 2003 (#837 → #959)
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1987 at #334 (613 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1951–2003
- Highest: 1 in 3,046 boys born in 1987 were named Kurtis (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.8% of all boys named Kurtis (4,861) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 19 | #2,609 (1939) | #3,154 |
| 1940s | 201 | #1,072 (1949) | #1,775 |
| 1950s | 1,201 | #561 (1959) | #713 |
| 1960s | 2,522 | #453 (1969) | #493 |
| 1970s | 2,410 | #432 (1979) | #527 |
| 1980s | 4,861 | #334 (1987) | #384 |
| 1990s | 4,132 | #410 (1990) | #514 |
| 2000s | 1,672 | #718 (2000) | #1,065 |
| 2010s | 858 | #1,503 (2010) | #1,809 |
| 2020s | 262 | #2,552 (2021) | #2,913 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kurtis in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 6,058 of them was named Kurtis, which outranked 92.8% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).